spe: Conference

The 2010 Regional SPE Time for Light conference will be a collaborative meditation on the past, present, and future contributions of lens-based media to art, society, and culture. The conference invites imagemakers and theoreticians to examine and share the benefits and consequences of photography to the societies and cultures behind or in front of the lens. So that imagemakers may better understand the past, record the present, and shape the future, the MWSPE Time For Light conference will culminate in the restoration, renewal, and new discoveries of historic and post-historic photographic discourse and practice. As we move forward and look backward, the conference will convene in Kalamazoo to make and take time for light.
Time For Light Flyer

conference poster: download here

Early Bird Registration Form: click here for pdf

** if paying by check or PayPal, please be sure to also fill out the registration form above and mail to the address provided.

Strongly recommended: order a BOX LUNCH for the Open Portfolio Reviews*. Box Lunches will not be available for purchase at the conference.
* see registration form or paypal

Please Note: Credit Card payments for membership must be sent directly to the national SPE office

There will not be a designated conference hotel this year; however, Kalamazoo has a variety of great hotel choices. Below is a recommended list, based on location, comfort, economy and availability. Some hotels are getting full, so please don't delay in booking your hotel. The MWSPE weekend ironically, coincides with WMU homecoming weekend. The Kalamazoo area will be bustling with many activities.

This link will provide hotel locations, food and other useful locations:
click here for map
or
click here for pdf

Need the location for the conference?: click here

Curious about Kalamazoo?: click here for pdf

SPE Pin-up Exhibition - Deadline September 12, 2010: download information

Listing of lectures, exhibitions, conference activities & schedule: download information

Call for student work: download information

Workshops & Demonstrations
Jeff Nilan: Artists' Book Workshop Thursday, Sept. 30, 2 pm - 5pm	$21.00
Lou Krueger: Pinhole/Experimental Camera Workshop Thursday, Sept. 30, 12 pm - 5 pm	$11.00 for students
	$21.00 for all others
Robert Shimmin: The Wetplate Process Demonstration Thursday, Sept. 30, 2 pm - 4 pm	Free	Free
Ryan Davis Flathau: Night Photography Workshop Thursday, Sept. 30, 8 pm - 10 pm, registration is necessary	Free	Free
Mary Whalen & Joe Smigiel: Wetplate Collodian Workshop Thursday, Sept. 30, 8 am - 12 pm		at capacity
download workshop registration form* ** if paying by check or PayPal, please be sure to also fill out the registration form above and mail to the address provided.